Please help! Sql Server error in Media Center

dvddude wrote on 4/25/2006, 10:56 AM

I am in the middle of a project and have a dire error.

Last week I was editing intensively with Vegas 6.0c with no problems. The only thing I've changed since then was the addition of Ram to my system (although removing it does not seem to fix the problem).

Now when I start Vegas, I get a popup saying "Starting database service..." followed by an error popup: "Your SQL Server installation is either corrupt or it has been tampered with (unkown package ID). Please uninstall and then re-run setup to correct this."

I applied the 6.0d patch. No good. I completely uninstalled, rebooted, and then re-installed and re-registered Vegas. No change. When I clear the error box, the first popup just stays and minutes later the error pops up again; I eventually have to kill the service.

This is on an AMD dual-core box, 4 GB RAM, SATA HDDs, WinXP pro SP2.

Someone suggested that a recent MDAC patch automatically issued by Microsoft this week may be the culprit, but I don't see anyone else on the forum having this problem.

Can anyone help? I'm in real trouble with this.

Thanks very much in advance!

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 4/25/2006, 12:14 PM

You could try installing the demo of ACID Pro 6. This includes an updated Media Manager that has fixed many of the problems people have had. Even if you later uninstall ACID the updated Media Manager will remain, accessible from Vegas.

dvddude wrote on 4/27/2006, 8:59 AM

Thanks. I did give this a try, but to no effect.

I've tried going into the System's "Manage/Services" panel to try to manually start the two Sony SQL services but they fail right there and won't start.

This is really frustrating; I don't even use the media manager, I just want to get into Vegas and I haven't been able to for a week now because of this weird problem.

jrazz wrote on 4/27/2006, 9:24 AM

"Your SQL Server installation is either corrupt or it has been tampered with (unkown package ID). Please uninstall and then re-run setup to correct this."

Have you tried just removing the SQL server installation and then reinstalling that?

Have you tried doing a system restore to a week ago?

Just some thoughts,

j razz